Mandatory EID tags for KY cattle

[Lucky_P]

What was the last major outbreak of a disease? Was it not Mad Cow?

Hardly an 'outbreak'. In 2003, there was a dairy cow in Washington, born in Canada, that was diagnosed with classical BSE. In the intervening 20 years, there have been 5 additional US cattle diagnosed with 'atypical' BSE, which appears to occur spontaneously, and is not associated with feeding ruminant-derived protein back to cattle.

Chicken Little... if you look at the Materials & Methods section of that CWD transmission study... they took TWO 2-wk old steers, and spiked the bottle of milk with some pureed elk spinal cord and squirted another inoculum deep up in the nasal cavity. 71 months later, one steer showed neurologic signs, and at necropsy, they could demonstrate CWD prion material in the brain/spinal cord.. but nowhere else. The other steer is still clinically normal, and is being monitored for any clinical evidence of disease.
This is perhaps a bit more troubling than earlier studies from this same group, where they were injecting infective material from CWD deer/elk into the brain of various animal species and finding that at some point, they get sick.
However, neither of these mimicks what anyone would consider to be a reasonable natural exposure.

 

[flounder]

Hardly an 'outbreak'. In 2003, there was a dairy cow in Washington, born in Canada, that was diagnosed with classical BSE. In the intervening 20 years, there have been 5 additional US cattle diagnosed with 'atypical' BSE, which appears to occur spontaneously, and is not associated with feeding ruminant-derived protein back to cattle.

Chicken Little... if you look at the Materials & Methods section of that CWD transmission study... they took TWO 2-wk old steers, and spiked the bottle of milk with some pureed elk spinal cord and squirted another inoculum deep up in the nasal cavity. 71 months later, one steer showed neurologic signs, and at necropsy, they could demonstrate CWD prion material in the brain/spinal cord.. but nowhere else. The other steer is still clinically normal, and is being monitored for any clinical evidence of disease.
This is perhaps a bit more troubling than earlier studies from this same group, where they were injecting infective material from CWD deer/elk into the brain of various animal species and finding that at some point, they get sick.
However, neither of these mimicks what anyone would consider to be a reasonable natural exposure.

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

***> WAHIS, WOAH, OIE, United States of America Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Immediate notification

https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/5067

https://woahoie.blogspot.com/2023/05/wahis-woah-oie-united-states-of-america.html

https://prpsc.proboards.com/thread/125/wahis-woah-oie-immediate-notification

MAY 19, 2023

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/newsroom/stakeholder-info/sa_by_date/sa-2023/bse

***> APPRX. 2 weeks before the recent mad cow case was confirmed in the USA, in Tennessee, atypical L-Type BSE, I submitted this to the APHIS et al;

Document APHIS-2023-0027-0001 BSE Singeltary Comment Submission May 2, 2023

''said 'burden' cost, will be a heavy burden to bear, if we fail with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy BSE TSE Prion disease, that is why this information collection is so critical''...

https://www.regulations.gov/comment/APHIS-2023-0027-0002

https://downloads.regulations.gov/APHIS-2023-0027-0002/attachment_1.pdf

outbreak of spontaneous mad cow disease evidently, around the same time, strange;

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 08, 2023

Ireland Atypical BSE confirmed November 3 2023

https://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2023/11/ireland-atypical-bse-confirmed-november.html

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Ireland Atypical BSE case, 3 progeny of case cow to be culled

https://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2023/11/ireland-atypical-bse-case-3-progeny-of.html

SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2023

Switzerland Atypical BSE detected in a cow in the canton of St. Gallen

https://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2023/07/switzerland-atypical-bse-detected-in.html

WAHIS, WOAH, OIE, REPORT Switzerland Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Atypical L-Type

https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/4962

https://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2020/02/switzerland-oie-bovine-spongiform.html

Monday, March 20, 2023

WAHIS, WOAH, OIE, REPORT United Kingdom Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Atypical H-Type

https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/4977

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/single-case-of-atypical-bse-confirmed-on-a-farm-in-cornwall

https://woahoie.blogspot.com/2023/03/wahis-woah-oie-report-united-kingdom.html

BRAZIL BSE CONFIRMATION DATE 2023/02/2

https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/4918

https://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2019/06/brazil-reports-another-cases-of-mad-cow.html

SPAIN BSE CONFIRMATION DATE 2023/02/03

https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/4888

https://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2023/02/spain-bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy.html

NETHERLANDS BSE CONFIRMATION DATE 2023/02/01

https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/4876

https://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2023/02/netherlands-bovine-spongiform.html

PLEASE NOTE, USDA ET AL ONLY TESTING <25k CATTLE FOR MAD COW DISEASE, woefully inadequate, yet USDA just documented a case Atypical L-Type BSE, the most virulent strain to date...

Monday, May 22, 2023

***> BSE TSE Prion MAD COW TESTING IN THE USA COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES?

https://specifiedriskmaterial.blogspot.com/2023/05/bse-tse-prion-mad-cow-testing-in-usa.html

*** Although the current U.S. feed ban is based on keeping tissues from TSE infected cattle from contaminating animal feed, swine rations in the U.S. could contain animal derived components including materials from scrapie infected sheep and goats. These results indicating the susceptibility of pigs to sheep scrapie, coupled with the limitations of the current feed ban, indicates that a revision of the feed ban may be necessary to protect swine production and potentially human health. <***

***> Results: PrPSc was not detected by EIA and IHC in any RPLNs. All tonsils and MLNs were negative by IHC, though the MLN from one pig in the oral <6 month group was positive by EIA. PrPSc was detected by QuIC in at least one of the lymphoid tissues examined in 5/6 pigs in the intracranial <6 months group, 6/7 intracranial >6 months group, 5/6 pigs in the oral <6 months group, and 4/6 oral >6 months group. Overall, the MLN was positive in 14/19 (74%) of samples examined, the RPLN in 8/18 (44%), and the tonsil in 10/25 (40%).

***> Conclusions: This study demonstrates that PrPSc accumulates in lymphoid tissues from pigs challenged intracranially or orally with the CWD agent, and can be detected as early as 4 months after challenge. CWD-infected pigs rarely develop clinical disease and if they do, they do so after a long incubation period. This raises the possibility that CWD-infected pigs could shed prions into their environment long before they develop clinical disease. Furthermore, lymphoid tissues from CWD-infected pigs could present a potential source of CWD infectivity in the animal and human food chains.

Publication : USDA ARS

Project : USDA ARS

Publication : USDA ARS

kind regards, terry

 

[elkwc]

I'd be willing to entertain the EID tags if it would be about country of origin labeling.
The way I see it right or wrong these tags just put more responsibility on the cow calf producer. If it would actually help us and we actually got legitimate feedback from feeders and packers it could have at least that benefit that may help producers. The way it is likely to be when a tagged animal is slaughtered the tag is trashed and whatever history that could have been with it doesn't go back down the chain.
I understand how the current EID tags work we've had to use those in bred heifers for several years before the sale.
Yeah I'm skeptical, about the motives. It may start out as these innocent little tags with nothing but numbers, but that could grow into a whole nother concept with more technology.

I agree. What we hear is the cost and responsibility for putting them in will be the breeder. Also once they pass something they then change what was originally the purpose and add to it. I was told several the prescription policy that went into effect last year was for antibiotics only. Have since found out it covered more than antibiotics. I hear now they may add vaccinations like 8 way to it. Once they get a crack in the door they push it open.

 

[rocfarm]

I agree. What we hear is the cost and responsibility for putting them in will be the breeder. Also once they pass something they then change what was originally the purpose and add to it. I was told several the prescription policy that went into effect last year was for antibiotics only. Have since found out it covered more than antibiotics. I hear now they may add vaccinations like 8 way to it. Once they get a crack in the door they push it open.

Thanks for the insight. The vets are probably happy about the support on the antibiotic. I wonder how much it increases their income. Probably not much, but I'd imagine every little bit helps.

As far as the government employees, they're always happy to add a program that funds a few more of their number, IMO.

Keep vigil. Argue against what is not done in good faith, always.